The tabloids went nuts, of course, but no one expected such a fall out: Guti’s wife ain’t feeling the love and has decided to “take a break” from their 8-year marriage, according to reports.

Jose Maria Gutierrez Hernandez, 31, is married to TV presenter Arancha de Benito and they have two children.

She has made a statement to the press stating she has decided to “take a break” from their eight year marriage.
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Guti has played for Real Madrid his entire career, starting with their youth academy in 1986, and is one of three team captains.

Loose translations of Spanish media say Guti and his unidentified pal had a quiet dinner prior to being spotted by a tabloid photographer. The paper also seems to intimate that the soccer player has a history of homo-related behavior.

Men kiss and hug in Spain all the time…they’re not afraid to show their feelings unlike all the “real men” in “Jesusland” here….

Feb 18, 2008 at 9:04 pm · @Reply ·

M Shane

Yea, they do kiss and hug around a lot of Europe; that’s not the customary of kiss on the cheeks: it’s a smacker on the lips, which is significantly different.
Nonetheless, it’s crappy to “out “a
harmless soccar player. It’s interesting that they were run over by fascist Franco just weeks before WWII–( which BTW the U.S. encouraged.) Also the land of the Inquisition.

Feb 19, 2008 at 10:53 am · @Reply ·

J Glenn

Well Guti’s been “outed” before & he’s not bothered by any of it…he is fluid in his preferences, to say the least. And he’s never been shy about any of it, good on him.
He’s a great player & that’s the key; Madrid fans love him & don’t care who he sleeps with.

Feb 19, 2008 at 4:52 pm · @Reply ·

M Shane

That’s really cool and believable. I was just watching a movie about the Spanish Civil War and how rthose people fought and died so courageously for democracy. They just care what he does on the field!

Feb 19, 2008 at 5:15 pm · @Reply ·

katelady

Heâ€™s a great player & thatâ€™s the key. No matter who he kiss or sleep with. I ever meet many friends on horsematch.com, they also support him.

it’s been confirmed that the person he is kissing in that picture is her sister… just another failed attempt by the stupid paparazzi to use the “gay issue” to make money…

Feb 20, 2008 at 11:40 am · @Reply ·

expedito

Yeah, it was his SISTER!!!! She does look kind of boyish in the photo, but the two of them were out to dinner to celebrate the sister’s recent pregnancy. (Geeze! There may not even be a dyke angle here!) Italian newspapers really ran with the gay innuendo because Real Madrid was about to play Roma – I guess in the hopes that it would rattle Guti and affect his on-field performance.

Guti’s a cool guy and a great player. Seems like all the websites and newspapers that picked up the story are repeated it shouldn’t just leave it to a couple of commenters to correct it. Not because there’s anything wrong with being gay (or two guys kissing even if they aren’t gay), but just because when you print something that’s not true you owe your readers a correction. Come on, Queerty! Don’t you remember the first day of Journalism 101! Or are blogs exempt from all standards?